# Accessibility: Semantic labeling

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-semantic-labeling/77889>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** accessibility\
**Created:** [January 12, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-semantic-labeling/77889 "2018-01-12T21:24:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-semantic-labeling/77889/1 "2018-01-12T21:24:31Z")

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This is split out from the master accessibility thread: [Accessibility audit and shepherd for making improvements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-audit-and-shepherd-for-making-improvements/66620/16).

Accessibility question: Are form fields and links properly labeled?

> Not always.  
> Missing label noted in screen shot of checker tool below.  
> See Techniques for proper labeling here [H91: Using HTML form controls and links | Techniques for WCAG 2.0](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H91)

I tried gathering more data using [Free Web Accessibility Checker – WCAG Audit | achecker.ca](https://achecker.ca/checker/index.php), trying to find tools to automate some of these checks. I checked several pages as representative of the user interfaces that make up the bulk of user interactions (home, category, topic pages). There was one class of “known problems” (using `<b>` tags). There’s some previous conversation [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-audit-and-shepherd-for-making-improvements/66620/3) and [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-audit-and-shepherd-for-making-improvements/66620/4) about whether the `<b>` / `<strong>` distinction is meaningful (from the perspective of the accessibility audit the answer is a definite “yes,” even if this might feel pedantic or like it’s adding cost of bytes over the wire for the longer tag).

I didn’t yet investigate the “potential problems,” but could include that in the next phase of improvements.

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